Trompe l'Oeil Leaf, Gorgeous 1879 Large Charcoal Drawing, Philadelphia School of Design lattacino complete deck of 32 Piatnik

complete deck of 32  Piatnik & Söhne “Sehr Feine Aufschlagkarten” fortune telling cards

I don't know anything of his origins

He needs to lean lightly against something to stand

the first is just not exactly perfect

or just hang on the wall from the handy hook on the end

Trompe l'Oeil Leaf, Gorgeous 1879 Large Charcoal Drawing, Philadelphia School of Design lattacino complete deck of 32 PiatnikAnother stunner of a drawing capturing the wonders of nature this an academic charcoal drawing signed and dated 1879, done by a student at the Philadelphia School of Design. I especially love that it was given trompe l'oeil treatment, as if a drawing of a drawing hung from a nail, with shadows cast along the right and bottom perimeter of the "page." Beautiful. 20 3 4" x 16 3 8". Good condition, with some toning along the edges of the paper, I think